Building a Digital Meteor Radar for Aeronomic Research
Abstract
Many billions of meteors enter the atmosphere of the earth every day. At altitudes near 100km these meteors ablate creating an ionized trail that drifts with the neutral wind and diffuses. Using electromagnetic waves near 30MHz the structure of these trails can be probed providing information about the structure of the earth's atmosphere around 100km. Specifically details about the winds and temperature can be extracted. Radar systems measuring meteor parameters have existed for many decades but the recent advances in high speed digital acquisition systems has enabled the development of software agile digital receivers. This paper details the lessons learned regarding a career proposal focusing on the development of a digital receiver for atmospheric research. One key aspect of this project that will be discussed is the bridging of science and engineering in this research. The challenges and benefits of this research will also be addressed.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011AGUFMED43B0549P
- Keywords:
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- 6994 RADIO SCIENCE / Instruments and techniques